Damien Symonds

*sigh* I completely got it the wrong way around, didn't I? I thought you wanted the matching to go the other way.

I'm confused. Why does this photo look different now?

Oh, right. Better choose a different photo then.

No, the raw file please.

Oh crap, sorry. Okay, try the first set of numbers I gave you. It's for the family of three all standing and looking at the camera.

Okay, add a Levels layer on each photo, and move the Output sliders on each one. (Remember, the Output sliders are the ones under the gradient, NOT the ones under the histogram.) First photo: R 0/240 G 0/244 B 0/251 Second photo: R 0/249 G 0/246 B 0/248 Third photo: R 0/236 G 0/238 B 0/241

Yeah, that might work! Could you send me the raw file of your photo? https://spaces.hightail.com/uplink/BellePhotography

No, it has to be equivalent please. The photo you found has light behind them, but yours doesn't.

Still a little too dark, but close enough. Now can you find me a link to an equivalent photo (family in the woods) with the BEC style applied?

Still too dark.

Stupid Beta is causing so many problems.

Lots of people are having this problem. Some people have said they actually needed to reinstall everything.

I'm pretty sure the instructions are the same.

A Hue/Saturation layer: +95, 0, -75. But the masking would be insane bordering on impossible I'm afraid.

It's not better than scanning if you have a good scanner. But since you don't have a good scanner, then yes, photography is better.

Right. Now you should be able to see how your photo (posted earlier in the thread) was too dark. Go ahead and edit it again and post it for me.

This is a strange comment. Of course you would use your actual camera, not your phone. https://www.damiensymonds.net/2010/10/tips-for-photographing-old-photos-for.html

This is very cool!!!!!

Please follow the page ALL the way to the end.

Have you had a chance to try it, @Rockintes?

I hope I can explain these steps clearly enough. STEP 1 On the Red layer, press Ctrl L to open the Levels dialog. Because it's the "Red" layer, we're going to leave the red channel untouched, and only adjust the green and blue channels. So go to the green channel first, and drag the white Output slider all the way to the left: Then go to Blue, and also drag that white Output slider all the way to the left. This will result in the whole photo looking red and black. Press OK. Then change that layer's blend mode to "Screen". STEP 2 Now go to the Green layer. Again, press Ctrl L to open the Levels dialog. This time we're leaving the green channel alone. Move the white Output slider all the way to the left on both the red and blue channels. Press OK, then change that layer to "Screen" blend mode as well. STEP 3 Now go to the Blue layer and press Ctrl L. Move the white Output slider on the red and green channels (and leave blue alone). Press OK. For this one, don't change the layer blend mode to Screen, but leave it on Normal. STEP 4 Now you should be able to move the top two layers to create your effect. Let me know how you go.

Can you do this for me?

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